February 17, 2020

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A person washing their blonde hair.

Removing Pen Ink from Your Hair?You can try to remove pen ink from your hair with hairspray, rubbing alcohol, baking soda, or perhaps a clarifying shampoo. Additional suggestions can be found on this page.

 

A person dispensing lotion from a bottle.

Alternative Uses for LotionHand and body lotion can be used for a number of other things, such as removing a too tight ring, styling your hair, or as shaving cream. Read on for more uses for lotion.

 

A huckleberry bush with berries.

Pruning Huckleberry Plants?Evergreen huckleberry plants may not require pruning, but if you want to encourage growth and increase berry production, the best time to prune is late winter or early spring. Learn more about pruning your huckleberry below.

 

A toddler in an open refrigerator.

Propping a Refrigerator Door OpenIf your refrigerator door keeps closing on your head while you are trying to put groceries away or remove food for lunch, this page contains a tip for an inexpensive temporary fix.

 

A teen girl wearing a crop top.

Talking to Parents About Clothing StylesOne place the generational gap is very evident is in clothing choices. Talking to your parents about wearing certain types of clothing can be intimidating. Your age and the clothing item will no doubt be part of the conversation. This page offers some tips about talking to your parents about clothing styles.

 

Articles

Raw Ginger with Peanut Butter for Dogs - brown dog

Raw Ginger with Peanut Butter for DogsA little slice of ginger, with peanut butter on it, can help dogs tolerate car rides.

 

Questions

What Breed Is My Dog? - black and white puppy in a bike basket

What Breed Is My Dog?My husband and I bought a dog for our kids for Christmas. We bought the dog off of Craigslist and the lady told us he was a Yorkiepoo. I needed a hypoallergenic dog since I am allergic. However, now that he has grown up a bit, he really does not look like a Yorkiepoo. Does anyone have any idea by looking at the pictures?

 

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Removing WD-40 Smell on Clothing?I recently used WD40 to get crayon out of clothes. Now, all I smell on the clothes is WD40. How do I get the smell out of my clothes?

 

Identifying Insect Egg Casings - on the inside of a bird house

Identifying Insect Egg Casings?I found this inside a bird box. It's very fibrous and very strong. The photos aren't great, but there are egg like casings and as you can see the box lid has been excavated somewhat and only shows a bit of the egg shells. Any ideas what they belong to?

 

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Recovery Time for a Dog with Parvo?My dog is just 1.5 months old; he is suffering from parvovirus. We got him on Thursday and took him to the vet on Friday. I thought it would be best to take him for the checkup, but doctor was not available. After that he was very active, he played with me like almost for almost 2-3 hours. The next day I took him to the doctor in the morning when I noticed that he was not eating.

 

Identifying a Porcelain Doll - doll wearing an eyelet trimmed bonnet and pinafore over a pink dress

Identifying a Porcelain Doll?There are no markings on her body and there is no tag on her clothes. She has a pale blue tint to her face.

 

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Fixing Burnt Soup?I made big pot of chicken rice soup and it tastes badly burnt. Can I make it not taste burnt or take that gross taste away?

 

Value a White Furniture Company Dresser - triple dresser

Value a White Furniture Company Dresser?This dresser has markings on back that say, White Furniture Company, with a lot of numbers listed. Can anyone tell me approximate value if this piece?

 

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My Finches Laid Eggs?My finches laid eggs, but it has been over 18 days can they still hatch?

 

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Name Ideas for an Organizing and Cleaning Business?I'm trying to come up with a short catchy name for my business. It needs to stress organizing. I do almost everything from cleaning to landscaping, etc. I am basically a jack of all trades.

 

Identifying an Antique Table - a unique four legged two tier table, the top of which is four lobed

Identifying an Antique Table?Can anyone please tell me what this piece of furniture is called? It has been handed down in the family for nearly a hundred years that we can trace.

 

Identifying a Porcelain Doll - small doll wearing a light peach colored dress

Identifying a Porcelain Doll?I found her in a thrift store in Florida, she was 3 dollars. The only thing written on her is the sticker on her foot that says made in Taiwan. I'd like to know what manufacturer/whoever made her and when. I've tried looking it up, but I couldn't find anything.

 

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Converting Recipes for Use in a GTXpress 101 Cooker?I need a site that will show me how I can convert recipes to use on my GTXpress 101 cooker.

 

Value of a Philco Console Stereo - top open on a console stereo and radio unit

Value of a Philco Console Stereo?I am trying to find the value of a Philco Ford vintage record player model #H355ALK1, serial #397845.

 

Value of Porcelain Dolls - various brand dolls in their boxes

Value of Porcelain Dolls?What would these 3 be worth? The ballerina box has a slit in the side of it.

 

Identifying a Porcelain Doll - doll with a hanky to her nose, wearing a straw hat and blue satin dress with eyelet bodice and skirt, holding a stuffed bunny

Identifying a Porcelain Doll?I thought that maybe it is a Kathleen Hill one due to similar neck markings on another doll on this site, but have no idea of her name.

 

Source of Black Soot Sticking to All Plastic Items in Apartment

Source of Black Soot Sticking to All Plastic Items in Apartment?I have black soot in my apartment that is sticking to mostly plastic items, cups, plates, trash cans, even in my bathroom sink and toilet seat. The maintenance department is stumped and my property manager keeps blaming it on candles. (I burn maybe one candle once in a while).

 

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